Spring for bracelets



A. VBSTER. Spring for Bracelets.

No. 236,392. Patentedlan. 4,1881.

Inventor:

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

ADOLPH VESTER, OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPRING FOR BRACELETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,392, dated January 4, 1881.

Application filed December 29, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ADOLPH VESTER, of North Attleborough, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Springs for Bracelets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improvement upon bracelets of the kind shown in the patent granted me December 16, 1879, and numbered 222,755.

It consists of a spring or springs located underneath or within the central band of the bracelet, to which the wings of said bracelet are hinged, said spring or springs operating to keep the wings of the bracelet closed upon each other, but yielding readily to permit the bracelet to be opened.

in the drawings hereunto attached and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 shows my improved bracelet with the face of the band broken away to disclose the structure of the springs. Fig.2is a section through said bracelet, and Fig. 3 shows one of my improved form of springs detached.

In these drawings, A represents the transverse band, to which the wings B B are hinged. This transverse band A is provided with an inner shell or casing, a, forming a chamber closed upon all sides, but open at the ends for the admission of the sections or wings of the bracelet, which wings are hinged upon pins 1) b, passing through the walls of the casing a.

The spring is shown more clearly in Fig. 3. It consists of wire wound to form a spiral, 0, having one end, (I, bent at right angles, so that the outer part of it is parallel with the longer axis of the spiral. The other end of the wire (marked e) is carried up, preferably, at about right angles to the inner part, d, and is then bent out-ward, as clearly shown in the tigure. Two of these springs are used in a bracelet, one for each wing. They are put together by passing the outer end, (I, of each spring lengthwise through the spiral of the other, whereby the two springs are held securely together and in place. The ends 6 are bent outward and inserted in the inner ends of the hollow wings, the arrangement of the springs being such that these ends bear downward and tend to hold the wings closed upon each other.

This form of spring I have found. economical to make, and convenient and eflicient in use; but I do not confine myself to this particular kind of spring, as many other forms may be used instead.

It will be understood that the spring must be adapted to be inclosed within or underneath the band, so as to be concealed from view when the bracelet is worn, the band serving as an ornament, and at the same time as a support for the wings, and to conceal the spring.

I am aware that a bracelet made in two or more parts hinged to each other and provided with a spring for opening or closing the bracelet is not new, such bracelet being described in English provisional specification 762 of 1866.

I am also aware that hinges have heretofore been commonly made for various purposes having a spring coiled upon the pintle with the ends resting upon the two parts of the hinge, and I do not, therefore, broadly claim such construction or the attachment of such a hinge to a bracelet.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the central plate or head of a bracelet, of wings and springs, said springs consisting of coiled wire inclosed within the head and arranged to operate the wings.

2. In combination with the central band, A, the wings B B, and the described springs, consisting of the coiled wire having the ends bent and applied to the coils and the wings, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH VESTER.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. KEITH, D. L. Oonmuns. 

